NEWSCAST AND ON THE MORNING NEWS STARTING AT 5. ALSO DEVELOPING TONIGHT, THIS WILD WRECK AT DAYTONA IS RAISING SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SAFETY AT THE TRACK. JUST AS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FANS GET READY TO FLOCK TO THE DAYTONA 500 THIS WEEKEND. NOW THE CRASH DURING PRACTICE LEFT A GAPING HOLE IN THE FENCE AND HAPPENED AT ALMOST THE EXACT SPOT A SIMILAR WRECK LAST YEAR SENT DEBRIS FLYING INTO THE STANDS, INJURING DOZENS OF FANS. AMAKA UBAKA IS LIVE AT THE TRACK TONIGHT. AMAKA, CRUISE WERE OUT MAKING CREWS WERE OUT MAKING MORE REPAIRS TONIGHT. MATT, CREWS ARE OUT HERE RIGHT NOW USING WHAT'S CALLED A WIRE MACHINE TO REPAIR SOME OF THAT FENCE. YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT OVER THERE. THAT YELLOW MACHINE. USING IT TO REPAIR SOME OF THE WIRE FROM THE FENCING THAT WAS DAMAGED, SPOKESPERSON TELLS ME DESPITE WHAT HAPPENED HERE, FANS WILL BE SAFE WHEN RACING BEGINS. CARS WERE BACK OUT ON THE SPEED WEAR TONWAY TONIGHT WHEN A DRIVER WENT SLIDING ALONG THE GRANDSTAND SAFETY FENCE BEFORE ITS CAR FLIPPED ON ITS BACK LEAVING A GAPING HOLE THAT CREWS RUSHED TO FIX. I WAS STANDING NEXT TO IT. PART OWNER OF A RACING TEAM, TONIGHT'S SCARE WAS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE FIERY CRASH FROM LAST YEAR THAT SENT CAR PARTS FLYING INTO THE GRANDSTANDS INJURING MORE THAN 30 PEOPLE. THERE WAS A CAR ON TOP OF ANOTHER CAR RIDING ON THE FENCE. IT NEVER BROKE. IT SPIT THE CAR BACK DOWN. SINCE LAST YEAR'S CRASH, THE SPEED WWAY SAYS IT HAS REINFORCED THE FENCE. SPOKESPERSON WITH THE DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY DIDN'T WANT TO GO ON CAMERA BUT TELLS LOCAL 6 THAT THE FENCE PERFORMED THE WAY IT WAS DESIGNED WHICH IS TO KEEP THE CARS ON THE TRACK. THEY ALSO SAY THERE WAS MINIMAL DAMAGE. CREWS REPLACED ONE CABLE AND SOME OF THE MESH FENCING THAT WAS AFFECTED. AND FANS BELIEVE THE SPEEDWAY CHANGES ARE WORKING. NOBODY GOT HURT. AND EVERYBODY WALKED AWAY AND THAT'S THE BIG THING IS SAFETY. NOW, I REACHED OUT TO MATT MORGAN, THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING SOME OF THE VICTIMS FROM LAST YEAR'S CRASH. HE TELLS ME THAT ONE OF HIS CLIENTS HAS BEEN LIVING ON HER BACK SINCE THE ACCIDENT LAST YEAR HAS ALSO LOST HER JOB. HE WOULDN'T COMMENT SPECIFICALLY ON TODAY'S INCIDENT.

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